6 Minute Vocabulary

6 Minute Vocabulary

By: BBC

Language: en

Categories: Education, Language, Learning

Build your English vocabulary in six minutes. Every Monday join two of our presenters and hear about different ways to develop your vocabulary knowledge and skills. Our presenters include Finn, Emma, Rob, Neil, Sophie and Alice. They are there to teach you new vocabulary and to test your language knowledge and they'll do it all in just six minutes.

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Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
Dec 15, 2025

'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.

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Duration: 00:06:26
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'wind'
Dec 10, 2025

Use these phrases with 'wind' in your everyday conversations. It's time to throw caution to the wind!

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Strong adjectives
Dec 08, 2025

'Terrified', 'fantastic', 'amazing' - learn how to use strong adjectives.

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Duration: 00:08:05
Male and female job words
Dec 01, 2025

Policeman/policewoman, actor/actress - learn about job titles and gender.

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Duration: 00:06:46
Weather words
Nov 24, 2025

The British love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.

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Duration: 00:07:35
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'gold'
Nov 19, 2025

Learn 4 phrases with 'gold' with Phil in this podcast. They're worth their weight in gold!

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Duration: 00:01:14
Homophones
Nov 17, 2025

Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.

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Duration: 00:08:10
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'light'
Nov 13, 2025

What does it mean to see the light? Learn that and more with Georgie.

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Duration: 00:01:03
Compound nouns
Nov 10, 2025

Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.

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Duration: 00:06:35
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'pull'
Nov 06, 2025

Learn 4 phrases with 'pull' here. You'll enjoy it – we're not pulling your leg!

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Duration: 00:01:12
Adjective order
Nov 03, 2025

This is a big, old, smelly dog! Learn which adjective has to come first.

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Duration: 00:06:34
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'clock'
Oct 29, 2025

What phrases do you know with 'clock'? Learn some in this podcast.

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Duration: 00:01:08
Contractions
Oct 27, 2025

"I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions.

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Duration: 00:06:22
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'home'
Oct 22, 2025

Get comfy, make yourself a hot drink – make yourself at home! Learn 'make yourself at home' and more in this podcast.

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Job suffixes
Oct 20, 2025

What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.

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Duration: 00:06:10
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'look'
Oct 15, 2025

Learn 4 phrases with 'look'' in this podcast. If you learn them all you'll really look sharp.

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Duration: 00:01:04
Word stress
Oct 13, 2025

How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress.

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Duration: 00:06:34
English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'resource'
Oct 08, 2025

What does it mean to draw on and squander resources? Learn that and more in this podcast.

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Duration: 00:01:09
Compound adjectives
Oct 06, 2025

Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).

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Duration: 00:06:31
English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'task'
Oct 01, 2025

What verbs can we use 'task'? Learn some here.

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